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the american voters did on election day is to re-elect the president and to elect more democrats to the senate and more democrats to the house and they said, protect medicare, they said protect our middle class tax cuts, and make sure that we do some deficit reduction. and work it out. that's what they told us to do. so -- >> at the same time, let me jump in, at the same time you have house speaker john boehner, you have the senate republican leader here mitch mcconnell accusing the president of holding up the talks or talking about the president's strategy. mcconnell criticizing president obama for taking his case straight to the public. let's listen, first mitch mcconnell. >> the election is over. he won. congratulations. we got a hard deadline here, however, and it is still -- he's still out on the campaign trail, kind of celebrating. >> going over the fiscal cliff will hurt our economy and hurt job creation in our country. this is not good for our country. as simple as that and the president understands it. >> they're saying president needs to get in there, needs to negotiate with d
the american voters did on election day is to re-elect the president and to elect more democrats to the senate and more democrats to the house and they said, protect medicare, they said protect our middle class tax cuts, and make sure that we do some deficit reduction. and work it out. that's what they told us to do. so -- >> at the same time, let me jump in, at the same time you have house speaker john boehner, you have the senate republican leader here mitch mcconnell accusing the...
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remember back on election night the president talked about looking forward to sitting down with governor romney to talk about ways to move the country forward. this after a very tough campaign where either during the debates or out there on the campaign trail each of the candidates have had very strong words about each other's vision for the country. the president was asked about when he would be meeting with mitt romney during his news conference following the election. he said that he looked forward to sitting down and meeting with him, said there are some good ideas, some things of his record that he would like to talk to him about. when he was pressed on that the president said that he thought that mitt romney did a good job in turning the olympics around and he thought that could apply to the federal government to make it more efficient, to make it more customer friendly. people friendly. and so we expect that some of that will be part of the discussions when the president sits down with mitt romney here at the white house tomorrow. i think the timing of this is also quite interesti
remember back on election night the president talked about looking forward to sitting down with governor romney to talk about ways to move the country forward. this after a very tough campaign where either during the debates or out there on the campaign trail each of the candidates have had very strong words about each other's vision for the country. the president was asked about when he would be meeting with mitt romney during his news conference following the election. he said that he looked...
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election 2012 is over, right? no, not if you ask senator mitch mcconnell. >> he's back on the campaign trail, presumably with the same old talking points we're all quite familiar with. >> president obama is gambling that people power will prod republicans into making a deal. after all, people power thing got him re-elected. but ultimately will the public be the decider? so the talk back question for you today, will the president's fiscal cliff road tour work? facebook.com/carolcnn. faceb facebook.com/carolcnn. >>> plan b, emergency contraception pill that some companies say is forcing them to choose between their faith and obamacare, which requires them to provide it. how one ceo is fighting back. a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you get, don't you see? cause c-max has lots more horsepower than prius v, a hybrid that c-max also bests in mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 comb
election 2012 is over, right? no, not if you ask senator mitch mcconnell. >> he's back on the campaign trail, presumably with the same old talking points we're all quite familiar with. >> president obama is gambling that people power will prod republicans into making a deal. after all, people power thing got him re-elected. but ultimately will the public be the decider? so the talk back question for you today, will the president's fiscal cliff road tour work? facebook.com/carolcnn....
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because she played what was essentially a political role at the height of a contentious presidential election. so there you have it. >> dana, real quickly here, what does she want to know from ambassador rice? is there something specific that she didn't get, part of an explanation that she needs to know he in order to resolve this? >> reporter: well, she has lots of questions but she did introduce a new wrinkle into the whole question about susan rice's qualifications or experience, probably the better way to put it, and that wrinkle is that back in 1998, the bombings of the u.s. embassies across africa, susan rice at the time was assistant secretary of state for africa. so what senator collins said she was asking was whether or not she was part of the team that denied those embassies who apparently were begging at the time for more security, deny them more security. what senator collins said is that ambassador rice said she would have to refresh her memory, it was a lot of years ago, her role in that process. that's a new wrinkle here. we've heard a lot about benghazi and the current history
because she played what was essentially a political role at the height of a contentious presidential election. so there you have it. >> dana, real quickly here, what does she want to know from ambassador rice? is there something specific that she didn't get, part of an explanation that she needs to know he in order to resolve this? >> reporter: well, she has lots of questions but she did introduce a new wrinkle into the whole question about susan rice's qualifications or experience,...